Mail-pouch



J. H. GEARY.

MAIL POUCH.

(No Model.)

Patented Dec., 9, 1884..

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JOHN H. GEARY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO WV. H. SANFORD, OF

. DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

MAIL-POUCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 308,961, dated December 9,1884c.

Application filed September 24, 1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN H. GEARY, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mail-Pouches; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

IO This invention relatesto certain new and useful improvements in mail-pouches; and the invention consists in the peculiar construction of the pouch, in the peculiar means employed for locking the overlapping flaps upon the mouth of the pouch, in the means em ployed for securing the destination-tag, and in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the various parts, all as more fully hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the upper end of my improved mail-pouch open. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section through the pouch and lock when closed. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective of the hasp.

In the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification, A represents a mail-pouch, constructed of any suitable and desired material, leather being preferred. The mouth of this pouch is closed by the overlapping flaps B G, which are bent into a U shape and pivotally secured at'their outer corners to the pouch, as at a. The free ends of these flaps are strengthened by the U- shaped irons b c, the former overlapping the 5 5 latter when closed, and each is provided with elongated slots (1, to receive the staple D of the hasp. The flaps are also provided with one or more metallic bands, E, the ends projecting beyond the edges of the flaps, form- 0 ing studs 0, which, when the pouch is closed,

' engage with the metallic sockets F, secured to the pouch.

G is the hasp-plate, one end of which is properly secured to-the pouch, and in such a 5 position that the elongated slot 9 in its opposite end will, when the pouch is closed and locked, be coincident with the slots in the flaps. A plate, H, is pivotally secured at one end to the hasp-plate G, as shown, and carries'a staple, D, at the opposite end, which is designed to pass through the slotsin the pouch and flaps and receive a padlock, I, and by means of which the mouth of the pouch is locked and closed, precluding the possibility of accidental loss of the contents of the pouch. Upon each side of the hasp G, I form the flanges i, between which the plate H lies when the pouch is locked. In this plate H, I form an elongated slot, J, to disclose the name of the station or post-office, which is written or printed upon a card and placed between the flanges t before the pouch is closed, after which the plateH retains such card against accidental displacement.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A mail-pouch provided with overhanging flaps B O, pivotally attached to the said pouch, and constructed and arranged to fold toward each other to close the mouth of the pouch, in combination with a hasp or suitable 7o lock common to both, and constructed to se cure them together, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In combination with the mail-pouch A and overlapping flaps B O, substantially as described, the hasp G, provided with a staple designed to engage and pass through the pouch and flaps, for securing the pouch in a closed position, as set forth.

Inamail-pouch,and in combination with 83 the overlapping flaps B O and hasp-plate G thereof, the plate H, carrying staple D, such plate being slotted or having an opening to display the post-office address upon a card placed between the plates H G, substantially 85 as and for the purposes specified.

4. In a mail-pouch, and in combination with the pouch A, the overlapping flaps B C, designed to be secured in a locked or closed position by means of a staple or latch, and pro 0 vided with the bands E, and studs 6, adapted to engage with suitable sockets upon the pouch for the purpose of giving greater rigidity to the parts, substantially as specified.

JOHN H. GEARY. Vitnesses:

JAMES J. NOBLE, W. B. Hormon. 

